Jo McDermott

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  • Should Your Subordinates Like You?

    Should you be liked OR respected? This post is a follow on to my last post, Underground Relationships.  One of my readers said that he had a boss tell him that people working for you shouldn’t like you, just respect you.  He… Continue reading

  • Undercover Relationships

    Undercover Boss One of my guilty pleasures is the TV show Undercover Boss.  I know it is probably orchestrated and you only get to see the powerful parts, but I love watching it.  I am constantly amazed at how amazed… Continue reading

  • Dealing With Crisis At Work

    We go to work every day expecting the day to be like yesterday.  We’ll do the same kinds of things, have meetings with our colleagues, solve the same kinds of problems, finish our day by cleaning off our desk, putting… Continue reading

  • Recruiters Are Prejudiced

    Recruiters Are People I know lots of recruiters.  I like lots of recruiters. In fact, maybe I like all the recruiters I know.  Recruiters are regular people.  And like regular people (yes, that means you too), recruiters are prejudiced.  We… Continue reading

  • Your Last Minute Isn’t Always Your Best Minute

    I’ll Stop Procrastinating.  Tomorrow. I used to put things off to the last minute.  I told myself it was because I worked better under pressure.  That is what you would call a rationalization.  We frequently rationalize our negative behaviors.  I… Continue reading

  • Update Your LinkedIn Profile. Seriously.

    Why Do You Need To Fix Your Profile? I had a friend ask me recently if I knew someone to fill three positions that he had open in his department.  I was sure that I did.  I knew a lot… Continue reading

  • Are You Incompetent? Unreliable? Probably.

    Competence and reliability and trustworthiness are in the eye of the beholder.  You know how hard you work.  You know how much you are stretched across many deliverables for many people.  You know that you’re doing the best you can… Continue reading

  • Brand Schmand. Defining Who You Are.

    Branding When you think of Coca Cola what comes to mind?  The iconic bottle?  The taste?  What about Apple?  Or Amazon?  Or Chanel?  If products are well-branded then when you think of them, you think of the product, the name,… Continue reading

  • Wanna Be Happy At Work?

    We spend an awful lot of time at work to spend our time there unhappy. So, if you’re unhappy at work, you need to do something about it.  Years spent unhappily at work are wasted.  There are four ways to… Continue reading

  • Personal Change Management

    Personal Change Management Is More Important Than OCM “Organizational change management” is usually listed on job descriptions as a required skill for executives.  Don’t get me wrong, it is a critical job skill.  Personal change management is just much more… Continue reading